Where does “kitapçı” come from?
kitapçı (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish كتابجی, from Ottoman Turkish كتاب, from Arabic كتاب, from Arabic ت — Form of ة; Dialectal form of ة; Abbreviation of...
kitapçı (Turkish): bookseller
Ancestry of “kitapçı”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | كتابجی | — |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | كتاب | book |
| 3 | Arabic | كتاب | verbal noun of كَتَبَ; verbal noun of كَاتَبَ;... |
| 4 | Arabic | ت | Form of ة; Dialectal form of ة; Abbreviation of... |
Words derived from “kitapçı”